Anthropic was facing an imminent deadline to give the government unrestricted access to its AI model, Claude, which it refused over concerns that the model would be used for mass surveillance and the development or use of autonomous weapons.
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From : Blog Entry >> Elaine’s Blog EntryPlease enjoy this blog post authored by Elaine Dick, Lead Practice Innovation Attorney, Baker & Hostetler LLP. I graduated from law school 10 years ago this May, a mere sliver of time in the long history of the profession. The Class of 2026, however, will be stepping into a legal profession that…
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Houston-based personal injury firm John K. Zaid & Associates has reported a marked increase in both demand output and settlement outcomes following the rollout of EvenUp’s Proactive Personal Injury AI Platform, also citing measurable gains in capacity and negotiating strength.
The firm, which employs around 180 attorneys and case staff and operates across pre‑litigation and litigation matters, introduced EvenUp initially…
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We’ve spent the last couple of years treating generative AI like a vending machine. Select a task. Insert a prompt. Retrieve a product. And to be fair, in many legal and professional contexts that’s exactly the right frame: accuracy and precision matter and “creative” output in payroll or billing codes is usually just a polished error.But there’s a quieter problem…
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By Rob Hewett
This week (25th February) legal AI company Wordsmith and alternative legal services provider Cognia Law announced a new partnership as they seek to combine their expertise in a joint solution focused on transforming in-house legal operations. The partnership embeds Wordsmith’s AI functionality – including automated contract review, drafting and analysis – into Cognia’s client operating models.Advertisement
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By Tom Saunders
Ironclad, the US-based CLM software provider, earlier in February announced that its annual recurring revenue has exceeded $200m – a rapid ascent from the $150m ARR figure the company achieved last year.Advertisement
The San Francisco-based company, valued at $3.2bn in its most recent fundraising in 2022, also announced a spate of leadership hires, including Herman Man…
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AI is reshaping the legal sector faster than ever — but one topic continues to sit at the centre of every strategic conversation: data.As intelligent assistants and agentic workflows move from experimentation to everyday practice, firms are discovering a hard truth: AI can only be as effective as the data beneath it. Fragmented repositories, inconsistent metadata, and gaps in governance…
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Most litigation strategy is shaped in state trial courts, yet much of the legal research ecosystem remains centered on appellate opinions rather than the procedural patterns, judicial tendencies, and real-world outcomes that define trial-level practice. As timelines compress and clients…
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